Abstract
Short half-life radionuclides, as 11C (t 1/2 = 20.4 min), are of interest as precursor of many radiopharmaceutics, like [11C] methane, [11C] cyanide, [11C] methyliodide (Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides, in Operation and maintenance of gas and liquid targets, 2012). There are many engineering aspects for designing a cyclotron for radioisotopes production. Feasibility of nuclear reaction by cross-sections is one of the most important (Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides, in Operation and maintenance of gas and liquid targets, 2012), and consequently the nuclear reaction rates at the target. Herein, the research focus addressed the yield production of 11C radioisotope in order to define accelerator parameters. The aim is to establish an arbitrary value of yield (at end of bombardment, EOB), and evaluate how accelerator parameters such as, beam current and time of irradiation vary in according to the expected radioisotope yield after EOB. Data from literature for 11C (Kenneth, in Nucl Med Biol 31:825–827, 2004; Vandewalle, in Int J Appl Radiat Isot 34:1459–1464, 1983) was considered and applied as reference to the EOB activity equation.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides (2012) Operation and maintenance of gas and liquid targets. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Buckley KR, Jilvan S, Ruth TJ (2004) Nucl Med Biol 31:825–827
Vandewalle T, Vandecasteele C (1983) Int J Appl Radiat Isot 34:1459–1464
Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides (2008) Principles and practice. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Sajjad M, Lambrecht RM (1993) Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res B79:911–915
Yoon S-P, Hong I-S, Cho Y-S (2010) J Korean Phys Soc 56:2202–2207
Cyclotron Produced Radionuclides (2009) Physical characteristics and production methods. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna
Perris G, Lane RO, Tong JY, Matthews JD (1974) Int J Appl Radiat Isot 25:19–23
Evaluated Nuclear Data File (2014). https://www-nds.iaea.org/exfor/endf.htm. Accessed 14 May 2014
Vandecasteele C, Strijckmans K (1985) Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res A236:558–562